HAMBRICK MIDDLE

Located at 4600 ALDINE MAIL RT, in HOUSTON, Texas, HAMBRICK MIDDLE is a large junior high that instructs 965 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by ALDINE ISD. That puts it 50% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

ALDINE ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 56,419 students; HAMBRICK MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, HAMBRICK MIDDLE logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 7% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HAMBRICK MIDDLE records 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HAMBRICK MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at HAMBRICK MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HAMBRICK MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 32.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), HAMBRICK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

TWO DIMENSIONS/VICKERY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAMBRICK MIDDLE at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 27.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 1,083 students in 2018 compared to 965 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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